AbstractThe purpose of the current study is to determine the tendency in the most recent human geography research by analyzing the master’s theses and doctoral theses made in 2008-2017 in the field of human and economic geography. In the current study, the theses were analyzed according to their type, year of publication, a university where they are made, their subject and the methods employed. Within the framework of the study, a total of 348 theses; 294 master’s theses and 54 doctoral theses, were analyzed. The distribution of the theses across years revealed that 2010 is the year in which the highest number of theses was completed and the university where the highest number of theses was completed is İstanbul University. The subjects most investigated in the theses were found to be residential geography and tourism geography. The theses analyzed have been written mostly by using the regional geography approach directed to the description. The most frequently used quantitative data collection technique in the theses is the questionnaire technique and the most frequently used qualitative data collection techniques are the observation and interview techniques.